ottenham closed the hole to Arsenal to some extent with a 2-0 win over Everton, sealed by second half objectives from Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Kane shortly banished the reminiscence of his late penalty miss in opposition to Frankfurt right here on Wednesday, profitable and changing a spot-kick on the hour after he was caught by Jordan Pickford.
Hojbjerg wrapped up the win with a deflected effort 4 minutes from time as Spurs maintained their one hundred pc house file this season.
Dan Kilpatrick was at White Hart Lane to charge the Spurs gamers…
Hugo Lloris 7
Untroubled by an Everton facet who blazed the 2 finest probabilities of the primary half over the bar.
Cristian Romero 8
Flew into tackles, together with an necessary problem on Amadou Onana. Progressed the ball nicely from the again.
Eric Dier 7
Assured show within the coronary heart of the again three. Up in opposition to Dominic Calvert-Lewin the ultimate 25 minutes however by no means actually troubled.
Ben Davies 7
Created an opportunity for Kane with a wonderful angled cross and used the ball nicely.
Matt Doherty 7
His low shot was spilled by Pickford for the penalty determination. Bought higher as the sport went on however clearly nonetheless working his means again to his sharpest.
Rodrigo Bentancur 9
Noticed a lot of the ball and used it nicely, typically driving Spurs ahead from the bottom of midfield. By no means stopped operating and created Hojbjerg’s clincher. Did get caught by Grey who beat him within the last third to create an opportunity however a superb show regardless.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 8
Deserved his objective for some glorious performances of late. It capped a sometimes unfussy and selfless show, typically spent dropping into the again three.
Ivan Perisic 6
Flung in some harmful crosses however nonetheless but to essentially make his mark on the Premier League.
Richarlison 6
Feels a clunky match on the appropriate of the entrance three however labored exhausting earlier than being compelled off early within the second half. Had two possibilities however despatched each over the bar.
Heung-min Son 8
Continued to look sharp after two wonderful objectives midweek and was a relentless menace within the last third.
Harry Kane 8
Received and scored one other penalty in a vigorous efficiency (banishing the reminiscence of his miss in opposition to Frankfurt within the course of). Additionally compelled two sharp saves from Pickford both facet of the objective.
Harry Kane marked his four-hundredth Tottenham look with a objective
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Yves Bissouma (Richarlison 52’) 8
His introduction and the change to 3-5-2 was arguably the turning level for Spurs.
Davinson Sanchez (Romero 88’) N/A
Djed Spence (Doherty 90’) N/A
Oliver Skipp (Bentancur 90’) N/A
Lucas Moura (Kane 90’) N/A
Not used: Forster, Gil, Sessegnon, Lenglet.
